Match events
Minute by minute- 9' Yellow card: Dalbert Rennes
- 10'1–0 Penalty goal: Timo Werner pen Chelsea
- 26' Yellow card: N'Golo Kanté Chelsea
- 32' Yellow card: Hakim Ziyech Chelsea
- 40' Red card: Dalbert Rennes
- 41'2–0 Penalty goal: Timo Werner pen Chelsea
- 45' Substitution: Adrien TruffertOff: James Léa Siliki Rennes
- Half-time 2–0
- 50'3–0 Goal: Tammy AbrahamAssist: Reece James Chelsea
- 62' Substitution: Clément GrenierOff: Steven N'Zonzi Rennes
- 62' Substitution: Romain Del CastilloOff: Yann Gboho Rennes
- 62' Substitution: Jérémy DokuOff: Martin Terrier Rennes
- 62' Substitution: Mateo KovacicOff: N'Golo Kanté Chelsea
- 63' Substitution: Olivier GiroudOff: Tammy Abraham Chelsea
- 63' Substitution: EmersonOff: Ben Chilwell Chelsea
- 65' Yellow card: Jorginho Chelsea
- 68' Substitution: Antonio RüdigerOff: Thiago Silva Chelsea
- 75' Substitution: Callum Hudson-OdoiOff: Hakim Ziyech Chelsea
- 76' Substitution: Adrien HunouOff: Serhou Guirassy Rennes
- 79' Yellow card: Mateo Kovacic Chelsea
- 89' Yellow card: Romain Del Castillo Rennes
Line-ups
Confirmed
Chelsea4-3-34-5-1Rennes
- 16 Mendy
- 2163' Chilwell
- 668' Silva
- 15 Zouma
- 24A James
- 19 Mount
- 5 Jorginho
- 762' Kanté
- 11 Werner
- 963' Abraham
- 2275' Ziyech
- 16 Gomis
- 5 Dalbert
- 6 Aguerd
- 3 Da Silva
- 27 Traoré
- 762' Terrier
- 14 Bourigeaud
- 1562' N'Zonzi
- 1245' Siliki
- 1962' Gboho
- 976' Guirassy
Chelsea bench
- 20Callum Hudson-Odoi75'
- 33Emerson63'
- 18Olivier Giroud63'
- 17Mateo Kovacic62'
- 2Antonio Rüdiger68'
Rennes bench
- 18Jérémy Doku62'
- 22Romain Del Castillo62'
- 8Clément Grenier62'
- 31Adrien Truffert45'
- 23Adrien Hunou76'